A Moche Fine-line Stirrup Vessel. c. 100 - 700 AD. ...

Description

A Moche Fine-line Stirrup Vessel
c. 100 - 700 AD

The body painted red-brown on cream in two bands with two figures
facing one another, reversed positions in upper and lower section.
One figure wears a peaked cap with a flower with long slender
filament flowing out at front and a blade (tumi) form rising
at crown; the opposite figure in a simpler headdress and spotted
garment. The same couple depicted at top of body but this time both
have a spotted garment. All bodies vegetal in form with human
faces. The stirrup widely stretched to sides. Visible repaired
breaks on stirrup, otherwise intact.

Provenance:
Property of a New Mexican Collector
Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, CA

Height: 11 ¼ inches

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500.

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